Add litmus_clock() helper

Convenient wrapper for CLOCK_MONOTONIC -> lt_t.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/litmus.h b/include/litmus.h
index 751b5ec..0f0929b 100644
--- a/include/litmus.h
+++ b/include/litmus.h
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ int lt_sleep(lt_t timeout);
  */
 void lt_sleep_until(lt_t wake_up_time);
 
+/** Get the current time used by the LITMUS^RT scheduler.
+ * This is just CLOCK_MONOTONIC and hence the same
+ * as monotime(), but the result is given in nanoseconds
+ * as a value of type lt_t.
+ * @return CLOCK_MONOTONIC time in nanoseconds
+ */
+lt_t litmus_clock(void);
+
 /**
  * Obtain CPU time consumed so far
  * @return CPU time in seconds